MARCUM'S AND SWERLING'S DATA ON TARGET DETECTION BY A PULSED RADAR

Abstract

Marcum has produced a definitive treatment of the statistical problem of target detection by a pulse radar. The text and graphs of Marcum's papers are presented in terms so highly mathematical that his results may not appear as useful as they really are. The purpose of this memo is to describe the problem that Marcum solved and to present graphs of more extensive and more accurate computed data in a form which may prove more useful for most applications. Nothing new is added from the statistical viewpoint. Those interested in the mathematical development are referred to Studies of Target Detection by Pulsed Radar, IRE Transactions Volume IT-6, No. 2, April 1960.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 02, 1962
Accession Number
AD0602121

Entities

People

  • L. F. Fehlner

Organizations

  • Johns Hopkins University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Automatic Tracking
  • Carrier Waves
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Differential Equations
  • Distribution Functions
  • Equations
  • False Alarms
  • Frequency
  • Probability
  • Probability Distribution Functions
  • Probability Distributions
  • Radar
  • Target Detection
  • Target Echoes
  • Targets
  • Warning Systems

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  • Business Analytics
  • Radar Systems Engineering.